Polk County Public Schools
Polk students won awards at the national and state Future Business Leaders of America Leadership Conferences. FBLA is a business education program in secondary schools for students to develop vocational and career competencies.
At the national conference, held in Atlanta, Bartow High students Graham Foreman and Emily Trogolo won second place in the entrepreneurship competition. Also at nationals, George Jenkins High student Alex Yarbrough won eighth place in the Future Business Leader competition.
The following students won awards at the state conference held in Orlando. They are listed with place won and competition category.
Auburndale High: Trenton Moore, second, digital video.
Bartow High: Allison DiGioia, fifth, business ethics; Graham Foreman, first, entrepreneurship; Eric Konkol-Bennett, first, FBLA Principles; T.J. Konkol-Bennett, second, computer problem solving; Sabab Osmani, first, introduction to technology; Kristin Reecer fifth, business ethics; Theresa Rowe, fifth, business calculations; Dino Teskeredzic, fifth, business ethics; Emily Trogolo, first, entrepreneurship, Jenny Claire Valenti, first, entrepreneurship.
Bartow Middle: FBLA school chapter award, third, community service project.
Gause Academy (Bartow): Heather DeSalvo, fourth, computer slide show; Cassie Morris, third, electronic career portfolio; Amanda Schofield, first, Who’s Who in Florida FBLA; FBLA school chapter award, first, annual business report.
George Jenkins High (Lakeland): David Jackson, third, business financial plan, Bendric Joseph, third, business financial plan; Tanya Lekhram, fourth, management information systems; Mike McCoy, third, business financial plan; Roshni Patel, fourth, management information systems; David Ward, second, impromptu speaking; Alexander Yarbrough, first, Future Business Leader.
Kathleen Middle (Lakeland): Skylar Hamilton, fourth, public speaking.
Lake Wales High: Jared Horne, first, Web site design, Kevin Shields, first, Web site design, Geoffrey West, first, Web site design.
Lawton Chiles Middle (Lakeland): Delya Brown, third, computer slide show; Cameron Cobb, third, computer slide show; Bianca Mulaney, third, business math; Kadeazia Richardson, third, computer slide show; Mausam Trivedi, fifth, business math.
Union Academy (Bartow): FBLA school chapter award, second, American Enterprise project; FBLA school chapter award, second, annual business report.
Winter Haven High: Robin Cai, second, business calculations; Chris Humphrey, first, spreadsheet applications; Jenifer Rugay, third, computer applications; Arlene Shi, fifth, computer applications; Vanessa Leon, second, database design.